Hi!
On Saturday, 14 April 2018, I will drive out to the DM54/DM55 grid boundary in eastern Arizona for the afternoon (more or less). I plan to leave Phoenix in the morning, and the drive out there should take about 3.5 hours. I do not plan on working passes in the morning on my way out to DM54/DM55, trying to make the drive so I can spend more time out there before driving home at or just after sunset.
This is a day-trip, and I will not be able to make drives to other nearby grids or over to the New Mexico state line. The spot I will use for the DM54/DM55 grid boundary is east of I-40 exit 303, along the frontage road on the south side of I-40 in Navajo County - a spot I have visited a few times in the past several years. I plan on working FM, SSB, and FalconSat-3 passes. Maybe NO-84, if passes line up with the afternoon and the 145.825 MHz digipeater is operational. If AO-92 goes into L/V mode Saturday evening, I will try to stop and work passes from somewhere in northern or central Arizona during my drive home.
During my drive, I will have a radio squawking to the APRS network as WD9EWK-9. You should be able to follow my travels at:
Updates on Saturday will be posted to my @WD9EWK Twitter account. If you do not use Twitter, you can still view my tweets by visiting:
My DM54/DM55 QSOs will be uploaded to Logbook of the World in the couple of days after I return home.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK